Phoenix Park Visitor Experience

The Phoenix Park is Europe’s largest city park and an invaluable local public amenity. The Office of Public Works, OPW, recently published a draft visitor strategy for the park which ran to more than 200 pages.

Mary made a detailed submission to the OPW calling for the following: • Greater awareness and public consultation • Priority to retaining the Phoenix Park as a free, natural, public amenity • Preservation of the entire park as a biodiverse green lung for the city • Rejection of large-scale retail development in the Park • Restoration of all residential properties in Phoenix park as staff accommodation • Rejection of short-term holiday letting of staff accommodation • Public transportation solutions • OPW to meet with City Councillors to review the outcome of the consultation